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Shakespeare 
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Joined: July 18 2006 Status: Offline Points: 7744 |
 Posted: December 16 2007 at 00:51 |
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Can't.....think......of......anything......witty.......  |
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KoS
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Joined: May 17 2005 Location: Los Angeles Status: Offline Points: 16310 |
Posted: December 16 2007 at 00:45 |
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stonebeard
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Joined: May 27 2005 Location: NE Indiana Status: Offline Points: 28057 |
Posted: December 16 2007 at 00:42 |
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It's obviously a concept album. About redness. |
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Proletariat
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Joined: March 30 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 1882 |
Posted: December 16 2007 at 00:39 |
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1) Telegraph Road by Dire Straits. Chilling opening, brilliant guitar and piano, perfect climax, and they arn't even considered as prog 2) Shine on You Crazy Diamond by Pink Floyd. Some of the most amazing emotional guitar and spacy keys ever recorded, it builds up so well, it made me cry the first time I heard it (pathetic, I know) 3) Reflection by Tool. So spacy, it feels like drifting, when I first heard this it was like nothing I had ever experianced.
4) The Pinnacle by Kansas. Gripped me right away and didn't let go the keyboard sounds so perfect on this song, especially when coupled with the violin.
5) The Dead Flag Blues by GYBE! Simply the greatest piece of music ever recorded. "the car is on fire and there is no driver at the wheel..."
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who hiccuped endlessly trying to giggle but wound up with a sob
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Shakespeare
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Joined: July 18 2006 Status: Offline Points: 7744 |
Posted: December 16 2007 at 00:18 |
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Wait, you consider the whole album one epic? Why? |
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fighting sleep
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Joined: September 04 2007 Location: U.S.A Status: Offline Points: 155 |
Posted: December 16 2007 at 00:12 |
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1. "Echoes" by Pink Floyd. My favorite twenty-minuter
3. "Shine On" by Pink Floyd. Need I say anything more?
4. "Doctor Jimmy" by The Who is one of my most enduring favorites from Quadrophenia.
5. "Tarkus" by ELP. The greatest keyboard work ever. Really.
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Posted: December 15 2007 at 17:03 |
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1. Echoes (Pink Floyd) - my nr.1 song, my heart's song, scenes from a memory everywhere...
2. Octavarium (Dream Theater) - a perfect ambiental start by Rudess, the usage of continuum, brilliant guitar parts by Petrucci, DT signature oddnes, perfect ending... 3. A Change of Seasons - the epic that made me love prog 4. Tarkus (ELP) - just love it! 5. Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence |
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Atkingani
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Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: October 21 2005 Location: Terra Brasilis Status: Offline Points: 12288 |
Posted: June 21 2007 at 18:33 |
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Some of my favorite epics:
HARMONIUM: "Histoire sans paroles"
O TERÇO: "Amanhecer total"
MURPLE: "Io sono Murple"
DREAM THEATER: "Octavarium"
NOVALIS: "Sommerabend"
Supper's Ready, Tarkus, The Odyssey (S-X), Solar Music, A Passion Play are hors-concours for me!
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Prog Serpent
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Joined: April 02 2007 Status: Offline Points: 29 |
Posted: June 20 2007 at 22:49 |
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1. Supper's Ready-Genesis: The Peter Gabriel line up of Genesis is my favourite band at this point. Supper's Ready is amazing. Image invoking lyrics, excellent music, whats not to love? 2. A Change of Seasons- Dream Theater: DT is one of my favourite bands, and this epic is excellent. It is really just a brilliant song...not much else to say.
3. 2112-Rush: My first epic, infact Rush was my first prog band, I just did not realize it at the time. I have a lot of memories with this song.
4. Duel With Devil- Transatlantic: I love this band, and the Live in Europe version of this song is great.
5. Close to the Edge- Yes: I got into Yes via this song. Good song good bass part from Squire. all around great.
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Iommi
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Joined: June 10 2007 Location: Venezuela Status: Offline Points: 20 |
Posted: June 20 2007 at 22:38 |
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pawn of heart-VdGG
Tarkus-ELP El Principio del fin- Atila nine feet underground- Caravan and... i really like in-a-gadda-da-vida- iron butterfly |
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LONG LIVE ROCK AND ROLL!!!!!
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rileydog22
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Joined: August 24 2005 Location: New Jersey Status: Offline Points: 8844 |
Posted: June 20 2007 at 19:52 |
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In approximate order:
1. Genesis--Supper's Ready. Everything about it is beautiful! The finale gives me goosebumps every single time! 2. Magma--De Futura. Absolutely incredible, 18 minutes of Janik Top's best bass work, topped with Christian Vander's impecable drumming, odd time-signature melodies, primodial grunts, and strange noises from minimoogs. 3. VdGG--A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers. Features some of Robert Fripp's best guitar work. I love how the finale is the only happy part of the song, as the narrator has finally gone so insane that he has invented an imaginary friend to keep him company. 4. Nektar--Remember the Future. What are they talking about? Who cares! Very melodic, very upbeat, a lot of fun. 5. Jethro Tull--A Passion Play. Tull's best work, it features the best writing and performance the band ever put together. Beautiful melodies throughout, with wisecracks left and right. |
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Leningrad
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Joined: August 15 2006 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 7991 |
Posted: June 20 2007 at 19:30 |
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In no particular order: The Gates of Delirium - Yes
Simply incredible. Every person needs to listen to this song at least once before they die. It's so groundbreaking, and unlike anything Yes had ever created before. All the musicians are at the top of their game. As soon as it hits 7:30, I get shivers. It's AMAZING.
Nine Feet Underground - Caravan
Twenty minutes of chill-out awesomeness. This song just puts me in a good mood. I just want to sit back and forget about everything.
Midnight Mushrumps - Gryphon
I don't think a group has, to me, created as consistently beautiful music as Gryphon. This track is no exception. Twenty minutes feels like ten when you listen to this song. The melodies are absolutely amazing. Every instrument fills it's role perfectly. Fantastic the entire way through, especially near the end.
A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers - Van der Graaf Generator
On the opposite end of the spectrum, this was one of the first songs to make me slightly uneasy, if not very scared. Listening to this song at the age of 13 at about 1:00 in the morning, I was hearing every word Peter Hammill said, and before that I had never heard such tortured lyrics. This song still remains interesting, despite me generally being a 'happy' music fan.
Tarkus - Emerson Lake and Palmer
I could listen to this song for hours and not get bored. Keith Emerson's solos never seemed like showing off; to me, it was just great music. Like Midnight Mushrumps, this song goes by incredibly fast. There's just something about the band working together so cohesively that just hooks me. Great song.
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heyitsthatguy
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Joined: April 17 2006 Location: Washington Hgts Status: Offline Points: 10094 |
Posted: June 20 2007 at 19:22 |
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A Change of Seasons- Dream Theater- they have yet to repeat the sheer epic power of this piece, though Octavarium came very very close
Cassandra Gemini- The Mars Volta- amazingly interesting song for a half hour that doesn't change key once A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers- Van der Graaf Generator- there's just something about this song Anesthetize- Porcupine Tree- combines all my favorite elements of their music into one 18 minute track The Door- Neal Morse- my first Neal Morse track that I've ever heard and left quite the impression |
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Wishbone Ash
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Joined: June 16 2007 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 24 |
Posted: June 20 2007 at 19:09 |
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Echoes (23:29) Pink Floyd
2112 (20:37) Rush
Close To The Edge (18:41) Yes
Singring and the Glass Guitar(An Electrified Fairytale) (18:24) Utopia
Shine On You Crazy Diamond{combined segments} (26:01) Pink Floyd
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Elizabeth?
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evilromero
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Joined: April 14 2007 Status: Offline Points: 118 |
Posted: June 20 2007 at 18:35 |
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I can see most of the best choices have been listed. So here's my two cents.
1. Lines in the Sand - DT
2. Beyond the Pale - PoS
3. Stranger in your Soul - Transatlantic
4. Slave to Money - TFK (I think almost every TFK song is epic)
5. The Grinding Part II - Me (Pretty much the most epic one off song)
But like I said most already picked what I would throw out there anyways.
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Fragile
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Joined: June 27 2004 Location: Scotland Status: Offline Points: 1125 |
Posted: June 20 2007 at 16:53 |
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1.Close to the Edge - progs finest hour 2.The Lamb lies down - a meander through Gabriel's alter ego 3.The Gates of Delirium - frenzied futility of war that brings the light 4.A Script for a Jesters Tear - possibly the saviour of prog 5.Awaken - Wakemen at his epliletic spider best. |
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Voidonaut
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Joined: June 19 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 11 |
Posted: June 20 2007 at 15:11 |
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Soap Shop Rock- Amon Duul II: just way too far out, "Smoke! coming out of their eyes!, the sandy tigers are licking his hands." i love how they break down the groove so its real loose, and que a bunch of freaked out sh*t and then theyll bring the groove back in tight. Amon Duul II at their finest.
Fracture:Robert Fripp blows my mind. Some amazing guitar work on this track. Though what makes this for me is Bill Brufords drumming, it is clear from this song the influence he has had on drummers such as Danny Carey. The interplay between David Cross and Robert Fripp is wonderful, and really helps set the dark atonal mood of this track. And it goes without saying, Mr. Wetton is in fine form as always. Atom Heart Mother: Truly an epic if ever there was, the opening transports me to a medieval court in full knight regalia, and once the groove drops in, I proceed to ride away on my badass horse to f*ck up some dragons. A plethora of different moods are found in this song, an experience in it of itself Shoot out at the Fantasy Factory (Traffic): This is Traffic deep fried in funk, then served on a silver platter to Shaft. |
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I have become aware of all matter and life and i can vibrate the universe with my mind.
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refugee
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VIP Member Joined: November 20 2006 Location: Greece Status: Offline Points: 7026 |
Posted: June 20 2007 at 11:52 |
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Since Atavachron listed The Wall, I guess I can do the same with The Lamb:
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (Genesis) — a postmodern rock version of Divina Commedia A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers (VdGG) — structured madness, the number one song about solitude Thick as a Brick (Jethro Tull) — because Gerald Bostock is the Magnus Carlsen of prog rock  . If you don´t know MC, read about him on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_CarlsenGates of Delirium (Yes) — what a battle! And it´s ending in beauty and hope. Starless (King Crimson) — melancholic and beautiful, and a great minimalistic guitar solo, I think it´s in 13/8 (8+5) But five epics are not enough. I will add two more: Shine on You crazy Diamond (Pink Floyd) — brings tears to my eyes. Good bye, Syd. You became a ghost long before you died. Flight (Peter Hammill) — philosophy of perception expressed in aviation metaphors. Makes a lot of sense to me! |
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He say nothing is quite what it seems;
I say nothing is nothing (Peter Hammill) |
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Odyssey
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Joined: May 16 2007 Location: Serbia Status: Offline Points: 66 |
Posted: June 12 2007 at 06:13 |
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Symphony X-The Odyssey
Black Jester-Inferno Fates Warning-The Ivory Gate Of Dreams Dream Theater-Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence Symphony X-The Divine Wings Of Tragedy |
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THE_POLE
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Joined: June 29 2006 Location: New Zealand Status: Offline Points: 198 |
Posted: June 12 2007 at 05:50 |
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Tuleen Ajettu Maa - Moonsorrow
Wreath - Opeth(i hope it's long enough to be considered an epic) A Place In The Queue - The Tangent Cassandra Gemini - The Mars Volta Thick As A Brick(pts 1&2) - Jethro Tull |
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